Record-holding handle for milk cans



Sept. 20; O. H. PETERSON RECORD HOLDING HANDLE FOR MILK CANS Filed March 24, 1926 metres Sept. 20, 1921.

UNITED STATES?"- F l C rarer o OTTO H. PETERSON, OF NORTH'FIELD, MINNESOTA.

RECORD-HOLDING HANDLE FOR MILK CANS.

Application filed March 24, 1926. Serial No. 9831mm utility of milk; cream or other commodity elivered from one or more cans in a certain shipment or deliveryyas for instance when a. farmer or other producer delivers cream and milk to a. creamery a number of times and then afterward sums up for record and makes out a'bill for the entire period.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a. side elevation of the upper portion of a milk can equipped with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 in Fig.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the record-holding handle shown to the right inFigs.1and2.-

4 is a side view of Fig. 3 showing also its section on the line 4-4. Y

Fig. 5 is a detail side view of one of the record-holding and winding (lIulIlS-Ol' cylinders of the device with'its winding stem in diametrical section.

Fig.6 is a left hand end view of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 7 designates the upper portion of a milk can, whichas a rule isprovided with two handles similar to that marked R'in the drawing. 'When a. can is to be equipped with.my device one of said handles is omitted, or removed if present, and is substituted.by my recdrd-holding handle 9 which .is formed with two .brackets 10 adapted tobesecured to the can by, rivets 11 or other suitable means. Each of said brackets has a head 12 firmly united with the other hard by a tube 13 opening into cylindrical cavities 14 in the heads and hav suitable flexible material and hasits'two 20 to rotateiit by.

ing near its middle an aperture 15, through which the operator may write any desired record upon a, record slip or ribbon 16 which isslidable upon-a support 17, fixed in the tube. Said ribbon may be of paper or other ends attached to Winding spools 18 each of which has a'shaft 19 with a'winding stem Each shaft 19 is journaled in the bottom 21 and across bar 22 of a cylinder 23 which is inserted in the head 10 and held therein by screwthreads 24, or other, suitable means.

Each cylinder 23 has a side opening 25 (see Fig. 5) through which the end of the record ribbon 16 is inserted and engaged by a hook 26 of the winding spool 18. Theenthe tube 13 is covered by a rotat-able sleeve 27'ha'ving in one side an aperture 28 through which the aperture 15 in the handle is exposed when the sleeve is turned with its finger 29 against a, stop 30 on one ofthe brackets 12,'and when thesleeve is 'ven half a turn so that the finger 29" touc es 8.

second stop '30 (see'Fig. 4) the aperture 28 will be diametrically opposite from the aperture 15 and turneddownward so that in case of rain no water can enter either of said apertures. In the use of the device, various systems which need not here be described, may be" followed; but in Fig. 3 is given some idea by showing for instance how a farmer may have recorded the delivery of five gallons of cream and twenty gallons of rnilk,.iu abbrcviated form, and of course if sodesired he may also mark down the grade or quality of-the goods and the date of delivery. When the next delivery is to be recorded he simply turns one of the stems 20' so as to t a. clear portion of the ribbon into view or writing on it in the aperture 15, and after writing on it he covers it up by the solid side of the rotatable sleeve. In this manner the record is always to be found in the handle of any one or more cans of every shipment.

If so desired the recording slip may be double and carbon paper placed between them, so as to enable the user to tear oti' a portion of one of the slips for'retention by one of the parties to the deal at each delivery; but as this method is not new I need not here describe it any further.

* \V hat I claim is:

A handle for containers comprising atubular hand hold and end supportstherefor for holding the said hand hold infixed spaced relation to the container, said hand hold] having a lateral sight aperture; a magazine at each end of the hand hold adapted to retain a record reel withareoord strip arranged to be wound on one reel from the other past said sight aperture and means for closing said sight aperture.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature.

OTTO H. PETERSON. 

